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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • drgoodluck_ecbgh@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "drgoodluck_a22 Gazeta.pl" <drgoodluck_a22@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: drgoodluck_ecbgh@sify.com
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:36:10 +0100
Subject: MUTUAL BENEFIT


*Dr.Goodluck Kofi
Branch Manager
Eco Bank Ghana
Silver Star Tower
Branch.


Attn:Dearest Friend,

My Name is Dr.Goodluck Kofi,I am the regional manager of the Eco Bank Ghana
Silver Star Tower Branch Accra Ghana.I got your information during my search
through the Internet.It may interest you to hear that I am a man of PEACE
and don't want problems,I only hope we can assist each other.If you don't
want this business offer kindly forget it as I will not contact you again.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us,as the
regional manager of the Eco Bank of Ghana;it is my duty to send in a
financial report to my head office in the capital city Accra at the end of
each year.On the course of the last three years 2005 end of year report,I
discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made Ten million Seven
hundred and fifty thousand dollars (US$10,750.000.00) which my head office
are not aware of and will never be aware of.I have since placed this fund on
what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary.

As an officer of the bank I can not be directly connected to this money, so
this informed my contacting you for us to work so that you can assist to
receive this money into your bank account for us to SHARE.While you will
have 30% of the total fund.Note there are practically no risk involved,it
will be bank to bank transfer,all I need from you is to stand claim as the
original depositor of this fund who made the deposit with our branch so that
my Head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account.

If you accept this offer to work with me,I will appreciate it very much.As
soon as I receive your response I will detail you on how we can achieve it
successfully.

Please indicate your genuine willingness and your urgent response at my
below private email:( drgoodluck_ecbgh@sify.com ).


Best regards,


Dr.Goodluck Kofi.





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